Dongji Rescue (2025)

Original title

东极岛

Directed by

Fei Zhenxiang, Guan Hu

Genre

drama, history, war

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II Chinese fishermen risk their own lives to rescue more than 300 British prisoners of war after a Japanese transport ship sinks off the coast of Zhoushan in 1942. The film follows their dangerous mission to save the survivors.

tenseheroicsombergrittysuspensefulhistoricalresilientperilous

What happens

Dongji Rescue (Chinese: 东极岛) is a 2025 Chinese historical war action film directed by Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang, and starring Zhu Yilong, Leo Wu and Ni Ni. Based on the real-life Lisbon Maru incident during World War II, the film tells the story of Chinese fishermen who risked their lives to save over 300 British prisoners of war after a Japanese transport ship sank off the coast of Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, in 1942. The film was released in China on August 8, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Escape From The Outland (2025)
• Operation Hadal (2025)
• The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (2024)
• Dead To Rights (2025)
• Gezhi Town (2025)
• The Volunteers: Peace at Last (2025)
• The Chinese Widow (2017)
• The Eight Hundred (2020)